York College alumni recently teamed with New York Cares to volunteer their time to help in updating a school in Jamaica, Queens. York alumni have mostly supported their alma mater through annual donations of money and gifts. Mondell Sealy, director of Alumni Affairs at York College, recently thought of another way for Alumni to give in the community, and that was with their personal time.

York Alum Quentin Walcott,“98, an anti-violence activist and educator, was honored for his efforts to end domestic violence at the first–ever awards ceremony of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.

York College is included in CUNY’s "2012 Science All Star Team" ad featuring recent grads throughout the university, who have received prestigious scholarship/fellowships to graduate programs. Kirk Haltaufderhyde, ’11, the York graduate featured in the ad, was a mentee of Biology professor, Gerald McNeil. Kirk was recruited to Brown University by Dr. Andrew Campbell (York, ’81) a professor of Medical Science at the Rhode Island-based Ivy League.